In the current work, wear behavior of plasma processed LM6 alloy is investigated. LM6 alloy was prepared by plasma technique. The samples were aged at 350°C & 450°C for 2 hours followed by water quenching. A comparative study of the metallographic structure and properties viz. hardness, density and wear of the non-heat and heat treated alloy samples were carried out. A very fine lamellar structure is observed in case of 450°C heat treated samples than that of sample heat treated at 350°C and non-heat treated samples. Highest hardness value of 68.11 VHN is observed with the sample heat treated at 450°C. Density is found to be the lowest in non-heat treated samples and it increases with increasing heat treatment temperature. Wear experiments were carried on a pin-on-disc set up (of Ducom make), varying applied loads (between 10-40Newton and varying sliding speed (from 0.94 m. s-1 to 2. 83m.s-1). Maximum wear resistance is observed with the specimen heat treated at 450°C.
The work aims to study the effect of the Fe content on the properties of Ti50 Ni(50− X) Fe X alloy (where X = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 at.-%) sintered at 1050°C and 1150°C using the conventional sintering technique. The microstructure, chemical composition and phase evolution of the sample were analysed by SEM, EDS, and XRD, respectively, along with various properties. It was observed that the sintered sample microstructure consists of (Ni, Fe)-rich, and Ti-rich phases. Here, the porosity decreases, whereas density, hardness, and wear resistance increase with the increasing temperature. The 8at.-%Fe sample shows lower porosity and higher wear resistance, relative density and hardness value than other Fe content samples. The 2at.-%Fe sample sintered at 1050°C shows a higher shape recovery value compared to other compositions sintered at various temperatures.
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